Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following exchanges.
Write the correct forms of the words in brackets.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Ever since I was young, I have always wanted to be an inventor. I wanted to create things to change the lives of the people around me. Many children dream of being a fireman or going to space in a ___(26)___________. They want to be like Neil Armstrong, ___(27)__________ was the first man on the moon, in 1969. However, I always wanted to be more like Thomas Edison or Alexander Graham Bell, who were both amazing inventors that changed the world. What makes the job of being an inventor so exciting is that you need to be technical and creative. You can create something big, like a new car, or something small, something ___(28)___________ that you can carry around. I guess that’s why I want to be an inventor, because I can choose what I do and what I want to make. Actually, what I really want is to make something for people who need help with their everyday lives. I can’t wait to be an inventor. ___(29)____________, I also know that it isn’t going to be easy. It is going to take a lot of hard work and studying. Success doesn’t happen ___(30)_____________; it takes a long time to happen. If I can’t be an inventor, there are still other jobs I would like to do like being a scientist or an engineer. There are so many possibilities!
Read the passage and choose the best answer to each of the following questions.
THE GREATEST INVENTORS
When we think of “the greatest inventors” in the world, we almost always think of those like Thomas Edison or Alexander Graham Bell. They had revolutionary ideas and there is no doubt that our lives would be very different (and very boring) without their creations. It almost seems like nobody has invented anything useful in a long time, but this is simply not true!
Our technology today is so advanced that new inventions don’t seem to have life-changing results. But this doesn’t mean that they aren’t useful, or that they aren’t amazing, either. It’s just that they are less noticeable than it was in the past when new creations considerably changed our way of life. And so, we should celebrate these incredible people and respect them as much as we respect the inventors that came before them.
Modern-day inventor Elon Musk has transformed the world of automobiles with his creation of arguably the first self-driving car that performs as well as regular cars.
Before he passed away in 1931, Thomas Edison held the world record for the largest number of inventions – 1093 to be exact. In 2003, a Japanese inventor named Shunpei Yamazaki beat his record. As of today, Yamazaki holds the record of 6074 inventions, and counting!
And then there is Mark Zuckerberg whose invention actually did change our lives, especially in terms of social media, marketing, and even job creation. Zuckerberg was only 19 years old when he invented Facebook. In 2007, at age 23, Zuckerberg became the world’s youngest self-made billionaire.
Use relative clauses to combine each pair of the following sentences without changing the meaning.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that combines each pair of the following sentences below without changing the meaning.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best completes each of the following questions.